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The Skelly Dance

pastel painting of skeletonized Matisse's The Dance
Marie Marfia, The Skelly Dance, soft pastel on sanded paper, 20×30″. Original unavailable.
detail of a pastel painting of skeletonized Matisse's The Dance
The Skelly Dance, detail.
detail of a pastel painting of skeletonized Matisse's The Dance
The Skelly Dance, detail.
detail of a pastel painting of skeletonized Matisse's The Dance
The Skelly Dance, detail.
detail of a pastel painting of skeletonized Matisse's The Dance
The Skelly Dance, detail.
detail of a pastel painting of skeletonized Matisse's The Dance
The Skelly Dance, detail.
detail of a pastel painting of skeletonized Matisse's The Dance
The Skelly Dance, detail.

So here is my homage piece to Henri Matisse’s The Dance, except, of course, I substituted skeletons for all the dancers, because that’s what I do! Hope you like it. The original pastel painting was lost in an accident at the framer’s, unfortunately. But there is another original available because I had contracted to show the piece in Art Prize Nine and so I re-painted it. Read about that show here.

And there are prints, cards and various novelty prints available in my Fine Art America, Etsy and Signed Cards shops. See the links to those in the menu.


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